Astrophotography from space

[DavidU]

It's interesting that the ISS is so stable a platform, maybe the best $104billion gyro stabilised mount available.
Get Bert up there with his gear !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIDdbG7TD-Y

More on it here
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/24mar_noseprints/

[renormalised]

Interesting....put in a proposal to fit a 16" SCT to the station:):)

[Jen]

kool :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

Think about it, put a nice scope on the ISS and no mirror flop, no counter weights, no camera sag no meridian flip, no PE, no atmospheric turbulence, no water vapour, no mount ! the list goes on...........

[renormalised]

You'd have to have a mount for the scope, but just think of all those other advantages!!!!. Perfect for any RGB or NB pics:). Truly diffraction limited performance. Actually I think there'd be a good case for sending up a small scope like a 16 or 20" scope into space because even though it's small compared to something like Hubble, it can still do some great work. Plus, it's a lot, lot cheaper than sending up a huge mirror.